<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Waiting for the applications. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 21 Oct 2014, at 11:08 am, <a href="mailto:Lars-Erik.Forsberg@ec.europa.eu">Lars-Erik.Forsberg@ec.europa.eu</a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear all,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I understand your frustration about the visa procedures in the EU. It is sometimes very cumbersome and unfortunately too often varies from EU member state
to another. I do believe though that the Netherlands is probably among the quicker EU MS to issue a visa to the Schengen area. I copy the Dutch GAC representative Thomas who I hope will be able to help us out to see that the applications are handled expeditiously.
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Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Erik<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Lars Erik Forsberg</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org">mailto:cwg-stewardship-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fouad Bajwa<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Grace Abuhamad<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:cwg-stewardship@icann.org">cwg-stewardship@icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CWG-Stewardship] Scheduling: regular teleconference meetings + F2F in November<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">One thing that is insensitive is the venue of an Amsterdam f2f meeting. There is no indication of diversity and distribution of the 19 members to be allowed. We developing country people cannot just fly into EU
countries like our US and EU colleagues. The f2f meetings should have taken place in countries like Dubai, Turkey etc, where visa acquisition is much easier. <o:p></o:p></p>
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On Monday, 20 October 2014, Grace Abuhamad <<a href="mailto:grace.abuhamad@icann.org">grace.abuhamad@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Regular Meetings</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">: </span></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We have a very large and geographically diverse CWG. Going forward, we'll have regular weekly 2h calls on Thursdays. To cover all the
timezones, I'd like to suggest alternating 10:00 UTC and 13:00 UTC. This is early for our participants in the Americas, but more reasonable for the majority of our group based in Europe, Africa, and Asia. As always, calls will be recorded and transcribed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Face-to-face Meeting</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">In addition, at the request of the Chairs, ICANN has offered to support a 2-day <b>face-to-face meeting in Amsterdam on 19-20 November
2014</b>. ICANN will offer travel support to the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/1QrxAg" target="_blank">
<span style="color:black">19 CWG members only</span></a>, but the meeting will be open to anyone in the CWG who wishes to attend in person (at their own expense). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to date. The meeting will be recorded and transcribed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">In order for ICANN to plan for adequate space, please let me know by next Monday (27 October 2014) whether or not you plan to attend
the CWG F2F meeting in Amsterdam.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Support Guidelines</span></a>: travel needs to be arranged by ICANN; ICANN will only book and pay for a non-refundable, lowest logical price airfare, and economy airfare; hotel room and tax must be booked directly by ICANN in accordance with the authorized
arrival and departure dates for each supported traveler. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Please let me know if you have any questions, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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